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[Coona Blues]

Yeah, they start playing seniors at around 15 years old and we grow up playing on very muddy grounds in the rain meaning just about every game is a scrappy, tough slog.

Evokes memories of the games as a kid with early starts when it wasn’t raining. Crunching through the frost or literally breaking the ice on the puddles. My arthritis is playing up here in Central Queensland with the rain about. Some great memories, but pleased I don’t have to cope with a Tassie winter anymore.

 

[Revenant1965]

Evokes memories of the games as a kid with early starts when it wasn’t raining. Crunching through the frost or literally breaking the ice on the puddles. My arthritis is playing up here in Central Queensland with the rain about. Some great memories, but pleased I don’t have to cope with a Tassie winter anymore.

Begs the question, who is the 'toughest' Blues player on the list at the moment....

 

[thylacine60]

we have no-one like mad dog anymore - maybe hewett or kennedy? tough has different guises, hard tough being different to gut-running tough.........

 

[Coona Blues]

Begs the question, who is the 'toughest' Blues player on the list at the moment....

Depends how we define toughness. Plenty with G and D, resilience and courage. Light on for agro and enforcers.

 

[Arr0w]

Hewett

 

[Red Bull]

Begs the question, who is the 'toughest' Blues player on the list at the moment....

Docherty

2 x cancer
2 x acl

Meh … just a scratch

 

[Sharks On A Plane]

Begs the question, who is the 'toughest' Blues player on the list at the moment....

Cripps easily imo.

 

[thylacine60]

forgot about him.........spose..........

 

[AndyWalkersGirl]

Hey!!! Im hoping the Big Footy admin can assist me in reporting this post to Mitch Robinson

Nothing wrong with Lauderdale either

 

[Revenant1965]

Depends how we define toughness. Plenty with G and D, resilience and courage. Light on for agro and enforcers.

Agree when it comes to definition... in terms of character, Doc is the top of the list.. but when I posted I was thinking of the 'enforcer/in your face' type character...

 

[tarczonandjane]

Nothing wrong with Lauderdale either

Now you’re talking

 

[Kaladin Stormblessed]

Docherty

2 x cancer
2 x acl

Meh … just a scratch

Plus I thought his father passed away really early as well when he moved to us so he would have been around 21 or so.

Poor bloke. Utmost respect for him to be where he is with all of those setbacks in life.

 

[jj1978]

If you squint Hollands definitely is a ringer for Hoops

 

[Sin City]

Evokes memories of the games as a kid with early starts when it wasn’t raining. Crunching through the frost or literally breaking the ice on the puddles. My arthritis is playing up here in Central Queensland with the rain about. Some great memories, but pleased I don’t have to cope with a Tassie winter anymore.

Used to have to go to Fingal for under 16s games, the fog was so bad you couldn’t see the ball until it was 10-15 metres away. This last winter would’ve killed you, weeks on end in the minuses. Worst one I’ve seen in Launceston.

 

[Coona Blues]

Used to have to go to Fingal for under 16s games, the fog was so bad you couldn’t see the ball until it was 10-15 metres away. This last winter would’ve killed you, weeks on end in the minuses. Worst one I’ve seen in Launceston.

Plenty of interesting games in the memory banks. Probably worst conditions North Launnie U16 game, if memory serves right at Queechy High on a Sunday arvo. Early games U12 and U14 canned as too wet. We played, there were maybe half a dozen spots of turf/mud showing through the lake and still raining. Makes me laugh up here how quickly sport is called off these days.

 

[thylacine60]

everything & everyone was tougher looking back......

 

[Jimmae]

If you squint Hollands definitely is a ringer for Hoops

Squint, dim the lights, smear some vasoline on a pair of sunglasses and don those?

Sure

 

[The Blue Weirdo]

Begs the question, who is the 'toughest' Blues player on the list at the moment....

Kennedy staggered to his feet and resumed playing after some crunching hits this season.(caused by appalling hospital passes)

 

[BeijingBlue]

Used to have to go to Fingal for under 16s games, the fog was so bad you couldn’t see the ball until it was 10-15 metres away. This last winter would’ve killed you, weeks on end in the minuses. Worst one I’ve seen in Launceston.

Those Fingal mornings were pretty bleak.

 

[BeijingBlue]

Plenty of interesting games in the memory banks. Probably worst conditions North Launnie U16 game, if memory serves right at Queechy High on a Sunday arvo. Early games U12 and U14 canned as too wet. We played, there were maybe half a dozen spots of turf/mud showing through the lake and still raining. Makes me laugh up here how quickly sport is called off these days.

Ogilvie Park was a stinking swamp. But we still played.

 

[dangertroy]

Used to have to go to Fingal for under 16s games, the fog was so bad you couldn’t see the ball until it was 10-15 metres away. This last winter would’ve killed you, weeks on end in the minuses. Worst one I’ve seen in Launceston.

I’m also based in Launnie and thought this winter was pretty mild. Although I was still turning the heater on in the morning earlier this week…

Oh well. I hear that they are predicting that summer might be on a weekend this year.

 

[GoBlues!]

Used to have to go to Fingal for under 16s games, the fog was so bad you couldn’t see the ball until it was 10-15 metres away. This last winter would’ve killed you, weeks on end in the minuses. Worst one I’ve seen in Launceston.

Luxury…

 

[BigBreakfast]

Cowan looks like he has the physique to go from day 1

 

[BlueSuede]

Cowan looks like he has the physique to go from day 1

I thought the same thing. could see Hollands filling out as well. Hard to tell what his body type will be. Sometimes those runners stay pretty slim,

 

[Sweet Seventeen]

Begs the question, who is the 'toughest' Blues player on the list at the moment....

Bam Bam for mine.